On February 3, Beijing time, although Wei Shao played a sluggish shooting performance, he still contributed 9+10+13 all-round data, especially leading the Lakers to attack the Blazers in the last quarter, and Wei Shao's 13 assists created the highest value in nearly 26 days. Westbrook helped the Lakers end a three-game losing streak, narrowing the gap with the top Clippers by just 0.5 wins. The Lakers still need to continue to work hard, they need to strive to hit the top six in the West, and the team will still be looking forward to it when James returns.
It is worth mentioning that Westbrook's career regular season free throw hits reached 5424 goals, surpassing rocket legend Olajuwon's 5423 free throws, rising to 27th in NBA history, and ranking 5th after James, Harden, Anthony and Durant.
When James missed four consecutive games due to swollen knees, the first three games lakers suffered defeats, causing them to fall from 7th in the West to 9th in the West. Wei Shao's performance in the past 5 games has been quite good, he has 4 games to bomb 20+ points, and all shots more than 50%, no doubt to see the return of the old Wei Shao, but the Lakers can not win is still a big problem.
In the face of the Blazers' confrontation of 1 wins and 4 losses in the past 5 games, the Lakers once led by 13 points, and encountered the Blazers crazy counterattack to rebound the score. In the first quarter, the Lakers also had a 12-point advantage, but they continued to be passively beaten in the second and third quarters, so they lost a total of 15 points in the two quarters, resulting in a three-point reversal in the first three quarters.
Wei Shao contributed 5 points, 3 rebounds and 4 assists in the first quarter, and the combination of attack and passing became an important contributor to the Lakers' lead. It's just that Wei Shao has not been able to continue the state, will be down Wei Shao continue to play iron insufficient, he only had 7 points, 9 rebounds and 10 assists in the first three quarters of 9, Wei Shao only had 2 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists in the second and third quarters, and could not act as an offensive arrow figure in the backcourt.
In the final quarter, Wei Shao scored slightly with the help of free throws, and also used passes to activate teammates to score, once helping the Lakers to play a 16-8 offensive counterattack by 5 points. After the Trail Blazers chased only 2 points, Wei Shaozhuo made two fouls and one shot, while the thick eyebrow brother then successively dedicated key free throws to win, and the two giants joined hands to help the Lakers end a 3-game losing streak.
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